Creamy Green Chile Turkey Soup
Creamy Green Chile Turkey Soup
Red or Green?In this recipe, I show you how to transform your plenteous Thanksgiving Turkey Leftover into a simple, delicious recipe: Creamy Green Chile Turkey Soup!! This recipe is a great and easy way to use up your turkey leftover; I know you're gonna love it!
Cuisine New Mexican
Ingredients
Creamy Green Chile Turkey Soup
- 2 cups Cooked Turkey(Or Chicken) Rotisserie would be great
- ½ - 1 cup Chopped Mild, Medium, Hot Green Chile (Depending on how hot you like it!)
- 2 Potatoes Peeled and Cubed
- 4 cups Chicken Broth
- ¼ cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp. Butter
- 2 tbsp. Flour
- ¼ tsp. Salt For taste
Garlic Aioli:
- 5 cloves Garlic Pressed or Minced
- 2 tsp. Lemon Juice
- Sprinkle of Salt
- ½ cup Mayonnaise
- Dijon Mustard
Instructions
Garlic Aioli:
- In a small bowl, combine the pressed garlic and lemon juice.
- Stir to combine and layer so the juice can develop.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt.
- Let the mixture rest for 10 minutes, so the lemon juice can absorb the garlic’s flavor.
Creamy Green Chile Turkey Soup
- Heat butter in medium saucepan on medium heat.
- Add flour once butter is melted and cook for one minute.
- Whisk in chicken broth and continually stir until smooth, add potatoes and cook for about 15 minutes.
- Now add turkey, green chile and cream and cook for another 5 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Add salt to taste.
Make it veggie: add any additional vegetables of your choice
Make it gluten free: replace flour with brown rice flour
Make it vegan: replace cream with coconut cream and use vegetable broth.
- Place garlic mixture in a fine mesh strainer over another bowl.
- Using a silicone or rubber spatula, scoop the contents of the bowl into the strainer, then press on the garlic with the spatula to get as much of the juice out as possible.
- Stir the mayo into the garlicky lemon juice until combined.
- If you want it to taste a little more interesting.
- Add Dijon mustard.
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